2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Surgut, Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.

2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates4-9 September 2018
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Australia
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches24
Goals scored479 (19.96 per match)
Top scorer(s) Anni Espar
(19 goals)
Best player Maggie Steffens
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The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.[1]

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Groups
Group AGroup B

 Spain
 Australia
 China
 Russia

 South Africa
 New Zealand
 United States
 Canada

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Russia33004628+186
2.  Spain31113028+23
3.  Australia31112730-33
4.  China30032643−170
04 September 2018
16:00		 Australia  11–8  China
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 2-4, 4-1
04 September 2018
19:00		 Spain  9–13  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 0-5
05 September 2018
15:00		 Spain  13–7  China
Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 4-2, 3-1
05 September 2018
19:30		 Australia  8–14  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-7, 0-5, 3-2
06 September 2018
16:30		 Australia  8–8  Spain
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 1-1
06 September 2018
19:30		 China  11–19  Russia
Score by quarters: 3-5, 3-5, 2-6, 3-3

Group B

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  United States3300616+556
2.  Canada32013024+64
3.  New Zealand31021633-172
4.  South Africa3003852-440
04 September 2018
14:30		 New Zealand  2–18  United States
Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-3, 0-6, 0-4
04 September 2018
17:30		 South Africa  3–18  Canada
Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-5, 1-5, 1-5
05 September 2018
16:30		 New Zealand  4–11  Canada
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 0-4, 1-3
05 September 2018
18:00		 South Africa  1–26  United States
Score by quarters: 1-7, 0-10, 0-4, 0-5
06 September 2018
15:00		 New Zealand  10–4  South Africa
Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1
06 September 2018
18:00		 United States  17–3  Canada
Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-1, 9-2, 4-0

Final round
5th-8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
08 September – Surgut
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 China15
 
 China20
 
08 September– Surgut
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada21
 
 
 South Africa2
 
7th place match
 
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 
 New Zealand14
 
 
 South Africa3

5th–8th place classification

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018
15:00		 New Zealand  6–15  China
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 2-3, 2-4
8 September 2018
16:30		 Canada  21–2  South Africa
Score by quarters: 2-2, 6-0, 6-0, 7-0

7th place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
15:00		 New Zealand  14–3  South Africa
Score by quarters: 3-0, 1-0, 5-1, 5-2

5th place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
16:30		 China  20–19  Canada
Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-3, 3-4, 0-2  PSO: 10-9
Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 
 Russia26
 
08 September – Surgut
 
 South Africa0
 
 Australia3
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 Russia5
 
 Australia9
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 Canada6
 
 United States8
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 Russia5
 
 China5
 
08 September – Surgut
 
 United States15
 
 Spain5
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 United States11 Third place
 
 Spain17
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 New Zealand3
 
 Spain8
 
 
 Australia9
 

Quarterfinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

7 September 2018
15:00		 Spain  17–3  New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3-1, 5-1, 4-0, 5-1
7 September 2018
16:30		 Australia  9–6  Canada
Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-1, 2-2, 3-2
7 September 2018
18:00		 China  5–15  United States
Score by quarters: 0-4, 4-4, 0-3, 1-4
7 September 2018
19:30		 Russia  26–0  South Africa
Score by quarters: 9-0, 4-0, 8-0, 5-0

Semifinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018
18:00		 Spain  5–11  United States
Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-4, 1-2, 1-2
8 September 2018
19:30		 Australia  3–5  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-1, 0-2, 0-1, 1-1

Bronze medal match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
18:00		 Spain  8–9  Australia
Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-3, 2-2
A. Espar 4
Lloret, Gual, Crespí, Leitón 1		 Goals Webster 5
Knox 2
Gofers, Buckling 1

Gold Medal Match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018
19:30		 United States  8–5  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 2-1, 1-2
Steffens 3
J. Neushul 2
Hauschild, A. Fischer, M. Fischer 1		 Goals Gorbunova 2
Ivanova, Bersneva, Zubkova 1

Final standings

Individual awards
  • Most Valuable Player
    •  Maggie Steffens (USA)
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Best Scorer

References
  1. "WP World Cup (W), Surgut, Day 6: The USA is again golden". FINA.org. September 9, 2018.
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